The Department of Commerce is seeking proposals for the NOAA FY 2024 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program. The specific topic of the solicitation is "Extreme Events and Cascading Hazards". This research aims to address the enduring risks faced by communities, particularly underserved ones, from extreme weather, water, and climate events. The goal is to develop innovative solutions that mitigate the impact of these events on key sectors of the economy, such as transportation, power generation, agriculture, recreation, and natural resource management. The research topics include preparing for and adapting to extreme events, understanding risk, supporting wildfire detection and monitoring, drought early warnings, equitable access to information, modeling urban heat island effects, and supporting STEM education. The Phase I program has a project duration of one year and offers funding for small businesses to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of their proposed solutions. The application due date for this solicitation is December 20, 2023. For more information, visit the SBIR topic link here or the solicitation agency URL here.